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Monash Arts is renowned for innovative, engaging and high quality research in the humanities and social sciences. Our areas of research strength include: Cultural Heritage; Environmental Sustainability; Interpreting Cultures; Philosophy and Bioethics; Social and Cultural Theory; Global Change and Global Security; Health, Wellbeing and Social Change; and Performance.

Join us and take you research interest to the next level by enrolling in our Master of Arts by research degree.

While undertaking your research, you will be supervised by an academic whose research expertise aligns with yours. For example, if you're interested in policing and human rights, you may find yourself working with Professor Sharon Pickering who has just been nominated for a Human Rights Award by The Australian Human Rights Commission for her series of articles - The Conversation's Academic Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers. Or, if geography and sustainability are more your thing, Dr Xuan Zhu, whose expertise includes Geographical Information Systems (GIS) theory, techniques and applications, may be the academic supervisor for you.

We have 500 plus academics who are active researchers in over 100 different areas. See our research supervisors and their areas of expertise.

When completed, your research should make a significant contribution to the current body of knowledge on your chosen topic.

You may also choose to continue on to a PhD given your new-found skills in applying, clarifying, critiquing and interpreting knowledge.

Entry Requirements

The minimum qualifications for admission to 100% research master's candidature are:

a four year Australian or New Zealand bachelor's degree with an overall result of a minimum upper H2B (mark of 65 or above) in an honours year (normally with a research component in the fourth year); or

an Australian or New Zealand master's preliminary qualification with a significant research component and with an overall result of a minimum upper H2B (mark of 65 or above); or

an Australian or New Zealand coursework master's degree with a significant research component graded at a minimum upper H2B (mark of 65 or above), and an overall result of upper H2B or above; or

an Australian or New Zealand research master's degree with an overall result of a minimum upper H2B (mark of 65 or above); or

qualifications or experience that the Graduate Research Committee considers to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for, the above.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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The Bachelor of Arts offers a focused but flexible course of study where students choose to explore two or more areas of interest. Students can study traditional arts and social sciences disciplines such as history, sociology and English alongside more applied and vocational areas, to construct a degree that suits their individual goals and interests. Graduates will be able to demonstrate skills of analysis, critical thinking, high-level communication and the potential for life-long learning. The course has no compulsory units.

Entry Requirements

Successful completion of VCE including:
- A study score of at least 20 in any VCE English units 3 and 4.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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This course enables students to pursue their passion and career goals simultaneously with a choice of majors spanning traditional and contemporary arts and humanities disciplines.

Students will have a unique opportunity to design a focused or cross-disciplinary course according to their personal interests, in areas that cover historical, critical, political, theoretical and creative practices that underpin our global cultures and industries.

This multi-skilled approach is essential in contextualising and applying knowledge and experience in a broad range of employment fields. We also encourage work-related placement. To help students create exactly the undergraduate experience they want for their anticipated professional life, we provide ongoing, professional support throughout the course.

Students can major in the following Arts disciplines:
- Contemporary Fashion & Textiles
- English
- French (Introductory and Post ATAR)
- History
- Japanese (Introductory and Post ATAR)
- Politics & International Relations
- Visual Arts
- Visual Arts Immersion
- Writing

Entry Requirements

Contemporary Fashion & Textiles Major: Students will be required to have a folio interview for this major.

French and Japanese Majors: Applicants for the Post ATAR language majors will require WACE 3A/3B, or equivalent language skills in the relevant language. Native speakers of Japanese who have completed their compulsory education in Japan and/or in a Japanese educational institution overseas (e.g. six years at primary and three years at junior high school) are not eligible to enrol in a Japanese Major or Minor.

Visual Arts and Visual Arts Immersion Major: Students will be required to have a folio interview for these majors.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

Notes

From 2016 onwards: Native speakers of French who have completed their compulsory education in France and/or in a French educational institution overseas (e.g. six years at primary and three years at junior high school), are not eligible to enrol in a French major or minor.

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The Arts are the study of humanity: our history, beliefs, society, language, and culture. They ask questions about how we think, how we communicate, and how we interact with our environment. They teach us to analyse the meaning behind what we are, what we do, and how we came to be that way.

With a Bachelor of Arts you can study what you enjoy. The BA is extremely flexible, with only one compulsory paper. You can explore a wide range of subjects, and major in the subject where you have discovered a real passion. The option of a minor allows further flexibility for you to follow varied interests.

There are a variety of ways you can structure your BA. While you'll need in-depth knowledge of at least one major subject, if you find you are equally passionate about two subjects you can complete a double major. You can also fulfil the requirements for a minor in one or two subjects. You are permitted to incorporate papers from many other disciplines, including some from outside the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The BA can be a stepping-off point for any number of disciplines and careers. Employers appreciate this flexibility. They also appreciate the ability of BA graduates to reason, research, analyse, criticise, communicate, and think laterally.

Entry Requirements

To enrol in the Bachelor of Arts programme you must qualify for undergraduate admission, either through Bursaries and Scholarship Examinations, NCEA Level 3, New Zealand University Entrance, Admission with Equivalent Status, Discretionary Entrance or Adult Admission. Please visit http://enrol.massey.ac.nz for details.

Other Fees

Enrolment Fee - $51.40 (NZD)

Student Services Levy - $237.50 (NZD)

Massey Foundation Fee -$22.40 (NZD)

Distance Learning overseas venue fee - $214.20 (NZD)

Textbooks

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The Master of Arts offers the opportunity for advanced studies and research in a variety of humanities based subjects.

Entry Requirements

N/A

Other Fees

Enrolment Fee - $51.40 (NZD)

Student Services Levy - $237.50 (NZD)

Massey Foundation Fee -$22.40 (NZD)

Distance Learning overseas venue fee - $214.20 (NZD)

Textbooks

Incidental Unit Fees

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